Pop-up problems - hijack this log included

He be getting pop-up and general 'your system is full of spyware' messages.
I checked the running processes and iexplorer.exe is open all the time dispite have no IE windows open. i checked the startup tab under msconfig.exe and right at the top was a single symbol, kinda like japanese, i unticked that but when i went back into msconfig, it had gone completely, anyway i have run adaware SE and Ewido anti-spyware to no avail.

We'll need to move HiJackThis.exe out of a temporary directory and into a directory of its own, preferably C:\HJT (creating the folder if necessary). The reason behind this is that HJT creates backups of every "fix" we do in the folder it's running in. If we happen to "fix" something and need it later on, there is a very good chance that, by that time, that TEMP directory could be purged and our backups would be lost. If you need a detailed tutorial or just a better explanation as to why, please click here.
Please move HJT to its own directory and post a new log.

Also please make sure any startups you disabled in msconfig are enabled again. HijackThis cannot see startup processes that are disabled in msconfig, this could cause problems with the fix, and could also prevent your computer from being properly cleaned.